German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock begins a week-long visit to the Indo-Pacific region on Friday with political talks in Australia. She will meet her counterpart Penny Wong in the South Australian city of Adelaide and is expected to discuss security policy, climate change and economic relations with her. She will also visit the Osborne shipyard, where the Bremen-based company Lürssen is building patrol boats for the Australian Navy. In doing so, she sends a clear signal in favour of more defence cooperation. A ceremony is also planned to mark the return of cultural artefacts that were s…